Monument record MDO40413 - Uncertain cropmarks, Knowlton Rings, Woodlands

A group of curvilinear cropmarks are visible on aerial photographs to the west of Knowlton Rings, they have previously been interpreted as Bronze Age round barrows. The eight curvilinear features are between 16m and 26m across but not thought to be bowl barrows; the cropmarks indicate that they are hollows rather than mounds. They are possibly pond barrows but a natural geological or extractive origin is thought more probable. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

SU 0181 0994. Six probable Bronze Age round barrows are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and have been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. The barrows cover an area from SU 0173 0992 to SU 0190 0995. They are between 11.6m to 20.7m in diameter, and appear as roughly circular features which seem to indicate the presence of solid mound material, although the barrows have been completely levelled by ploughing. This barrow group is associated with the extensive barrow cemeteries around the Knowlton Circles, especially a very similar group to the south of the henge group.


A group of curvilinear cropmarks are visible on aerial photographs <2-3> to the west of Knowlton Rings, they have previously been interpreted as Bronze Age round barrows (Knowlton Circles Project - English Heritage). The eight curvilinear features are between 16m and 26m across but not thought to be bowl barrows; the cropmarks indicate that they are hollows rather than mounds. They are possibly pond barrows but a natural geological or extractive origin is thought more probable. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Stoertz, Cathy, RCHME/EH/HE Aerial photograph interpreter's comments (Verbal communication). SDO19474.

<1.1> Boyden, J R, 02-JUL-1976, NMR SU 0209/8/3 (JRB 3097/3) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19696.

<1.2> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, NMR SU 0210/37/4 (JRB 3097/4) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18694.

<2> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

<3> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, JRB 3097/3 (NMR 0209/8) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15724.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409687 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 15 2024 3:57PM